Welcome to Week 16 of the AMF Chart! I'm going to do my best to make this a Saturday-at-19:00GMT thing. Which is noon my time, over here in Cali'. Though I'm already a bit late this week... But I'll get back on my timeliness! Seems doable, right?

As part of that hopeful timeliness, the poll will end at 19:00GMT next week - or, at least, I'll count the votes at that point and make the new topic

Here are your rankings for Week 15 (number of weeks on the chart so far in parentheses):

The top 10 songs went through to this week. Only one new song will make the chart this week, but what a new song that is! Interesting that last week's chart topper was very near elimination. And, as noted a few times on the last thread, it was a very strong week, with a lot of votes for some of the bubbling-under songs.

2014 Chart-toppers by week (number of weeks atop of the chart, if more than 1, are counted next to the name):

Here is this week's 17-song Spotify chart (with the three remaining songs in Youtube clips):

Here is your 2014 AMF Chart playlist of all songs on the chart so far:

Thank you all for nominating and voting! A friendly note to all: keep nominating, obviously. But also note that you can support nominations from other voters! It will give songs a higher chance of making it into next week's chart, especially if it's a lowly secondary nomination that likely wouldn't get in otherwise. So if you see someone else nominate a song you like - second their nomination!

After having won 3 times and smoothly heading towards the Hall of Fame, it seems like "Johnny and Mary" is not gonna make it this week.

We should vote songs based on what we like or dislike ourselves, not based on what other people like or dislike. If my critical note from last week has anything to do with the change of votes for Terje/Ferry, than I am a little bit disappointed that a few posts on this forum can have such an influence. Even though I don't like the song, it was for sure never my intention to have it kicked out. Maybe some of the new songs are really considered better, but I am a bit worried about this now. The week is not over yet, so I can also assume that some fans of the song did not vote yet?

Andre wrote:After having won 3 times and smoothly heading towards the Hall of Fame, it seems like "Johnny and Mary" is not gonna make it this week.

We should vote songs based on what we like or dislike ourselves, not based on what other people like or dislike. If my critical note from last week has anything to do with the change of votes for Terje/Ferry, than I am a little bit disappointed that a few posts on this forum can have such an influence. Even though I don't like the song, it was for sure never my intention to have it kicked out. Maybe some of the new songs are really considered better, but I am a bit worried about this now. The week is not over yet, so I can also assume that some fans of the song did not vote yet?

Actually I think everyone who was voting for perhaps the weakest song off Terje's album finally came to their senses. I agree with OtisRedding from a few weeks back that this remake added nothing to the original.

On the other hand, there seems to be a bit of a flatter distribution of votes the past two weeks, so I hope the weekly chart is getting more competitive. It would be great (in my opinion) if that results in more turnover... including watching former favourites fall off the chart. Even my favourites

Andre wrote:After having won 3 times and smoothly heading towards the Hall of Fame, it seems like "Johnny and Mary" is not gonna make it this week.

We should vote songs based on what we like or dislike ourselves, not based on what other people like or dislike. If my critical note from last week has anything to do with the change of votes for Terje/Ferry, than I am a little bit disappointed that a few posts on this forum can have such an influence. Even though I don't like the song, it was for sure never my intention to have it kicked out. Maybe some of the new songs are really considered better, but I am a bit worried about this now. The week is not over yet, so I can also assume that some fans of the song did not vote yet?

Actually I think everyone who was voting for perhaps the weakest song off Terje's album finally came to their senses. I agree with OtisRedding from a few weeks back that this remake added nothing to the original.

On the other hand, there seems to be a bit of a flatter distribution of votes the past two weeks, so I hope the weekly chart is getting more competitive. It would be great (in my opinion) if that results in more turnover... including watching former favourites fall off the chart. Even my favourites

Added nothing to the original? The song finally found its right pace!

The two most surprising dropouts from the chart might also be my top two songs of the year so far, namely "Johnny and Mary" and "Silver Timothy". I guess I have to create a personal HOF for them.

Everyone you meet fights a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.

I nearly commented on "Johnny and Mary" last week, but ended up deciding against it. Now, though, I'd like to say that (while I do like the Palmer original, given that I'm a sucker for 80's synths), I think the dreamy tone of the Terje version just fits the somber lyrical content more. In fact, I found it ironic that Ferry was connected to it, since it reminded me of some of Eno's more melancholy moments (especially "By This River," although I wouldn't put it in the same class as that masterpiece). I haven't voted for it in a few weeks, since the chart has become so incredibly strong; but I have voted for it in the past, and it would seem to be a lock for my Top 40 songs of the year. I, too, was shocked that it dropped off so suddenly...